CLIMBING A MOUNTAIN

I don't consider myself a mountain climber, but I have climbed West Spanish Peak a couple of times. I can relate my 1000 mile goal to those experiances. You begin with enthusiasm and it soon becomes real work. What it takes is staying at it and not quitting. As V.R. Edaman would say, "Quitting make a dead end to any road, It is always to soon to quit". The peak, the goal always looks so far off, but if you look back, it is always amazing to see how far you have come. For the first 10 days of April, I was ill and not able to make progress. The end looked a long way off. I have been back at it and today I reached 334 miles or 1/3 the way to the top. That encourages me. So much of life is like that. You begin something with enthusiasm and the the real work begins with a temptation to quit. I repeat if the thing was worth beginning then it is TOO SOON TO QUIT. It is the discipline of determination. One of my grandchildren may be in a situation where you are tempted to quit. Keep your eye on the goal, ask Jesus for strength to continue on and sometimes look back and see how far you have come. IT IS ALWAYS TOO SOON TOO QUIT!

March Update, For My Sake

It is time to report on our progress toward the 2011 goal. Not every one is involved, but I’m happy to report what is given to me. This goal is probably more for me than any one else in the family. I have been down sick this week and it would be easy to forget all this exercise, but I have made myself accountable, so I guess I better get back with it next week. Oh well, maybe someone else will profit also. I don’t want it to be like so many resolutions that are forgotten by February or March. We will see what April brings. (BY HIS GRACE!)
Roger & Mary: Roger-291 miles, Mary-357 miles We are on schedule with Bible reading.
Roger & DeeDee: Roger -38.2 miles, Brittany-18 miles, Dawson-20.4 miles, Cooper-4.2 miles
Damon & June: Damon – 107 miles, June – 310 miles, Maggie - 60 miles
Damon, June and Maggie still reading the whole Bible
Micah and Evan are still reading the New Testament
John & Elisa: Johnny and I have fallen a little behind on the Bible reading but are going to be trying to catch up in April. Trey is a little behind but on better track than his mom and dad. Avery has fallen behind too but will be trying to catch up reading the new testament...our miles are
John- 62.4, Elisa-217.7, Trey-47.1, Avery -holding steady at 29 :)
Greg & Susan: Bendon-22 miles, Caleb-23 miles, Trevin-40 miles, Meryn-42 mile
Phil & Julie: Julie-15 miles, Owen - 29 miles, Malia - 24.5 miles, Meredith -11.5 miles
Owen & Malia reading NT - Julie reading OT/NT - we all are a little behind but still reading